Monday, February 29, 2016

Is Narendra Modi's government unravelling?

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But what has rankled most are the campus arrests. Critics have condemned them as an assault on the freedom of expression. Yet government ministers have refused to back down, vowing to punish what they describe as "anti-national elements".

Commentators have described the student arrests as a "national embarrassment" and a "self-goal" for Mr Modi's government. A columnist wrote that sending the police after the students was like "swinging a battle-axe to crack a nut".

The government, said another analyst, was "seeking out conflict" rather than resolving it. The New York Times wrote trenchantly that Mr Modi and his political allies were "determined to silence dissent". Rights watchdog Amnesty International, never a friend of Mr Modi, has joined in, blaming his government for contributing to a climate of growing intolerance for dissent.

Mr Modi has so far preferred to remain silent - even on his favoured Twitter - about the rising frenzy over nationalism being stoked by his party. Full story...

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